I?m excited to announce that ELEMENT 3D V1.5 will be available next week as a FREE update to customers! This update will include cool new features, enhancements and some bug fixes! One of the new features is our Real-Time Glow engine that allows you to add glow directly to illuminated materials or even image highlights. It?s extremely fast and offers even more realistic results than just using the standard Glow Plug-in. We have also developed a custom Anchor Point control system and impressive workflow enhancements.OK, Before I go on? this update will unfortunately not be featuring 3D Shadows but we KNOW this is a top feature and are confident it will be available in V2 later this year (we?ll get to that later). We are really working hard on it! Creating OpenGL shadows is not a trivial thing but we are experimenting with several innovative & hybrid solutions.That doesn?t mean we haven?t been killing ourselves to make Element 3D the most powerful plug-in in the world and we know only way to do that is to keep adding features and improving the tool-set.PLUS, we still have many new features to announce for Version 1.5 along with our massive Skyscraper and Building Pack called METROPOLITAN so stay tuned!Featuring:Animated OBJ Sequences SupportBuilt-In Glow RenderingCustom Anchor Point ControlNew Particle Distribution Ordering & Repeating OptionsAmbient Occlusion weighting per materialMulti-Sampled Ambient OcclusionTaper Fog ModeNew Layer Grid Array ModeNew Draft ModesImproved 3D ExtrusionMulti-User Installer SupportBetter Multiprocessor Rendering SupportUI tweaksAll Link Download: